Highly stable and pure single-photon emission with 250 ps optical coherence times in InP colloidal quantum dots - Nature Nanotechnology

Highly stable and pure single-photon emission with 250 ps optical coherence times in InP colloidal quantum dots – Nature Nanotechnology

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